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The Calendar of Literary Facts contains more than 6,500 events in literary history.
April 3 Literary Facts
George Herbert is born
Explore: Virtue, George Herbert, The Pulley
Washington Irving is born
Explore: The Devil and Tom Walker, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Rip Van Winkle, Washington Irving
John Banim is born
James Madison Bell is born
Martin Luther King Jr. leads American blacks in a crusade against racial discrimination in Birmingham, Alabama
Explore: Martin Luther King Jr.
Graham Greene dies
Explore: The Destructors, The Quiet American, Graham Greene